Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen. Sons and daughters of the town (born 1948), physician (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble Personalities who were active in Hornberg Rochus Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler; had a business for painters in Hornberg before the war Wolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), German politician (CDU), grew up in Hornberg Reinold of Urslingen (around 1364-1442), Knight, 1437 share ownership of the castle and city Hornberg References External links Information about and images Ortenaukreis Baden